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Born in 1940 in Montevideo. Teaches photography and sound and courses which examine visuality. In 1983 Mayer left the art world. Since then he has engaged in alternative practices which utilize various forms of mechanical reproduction. He works with the photograph, the copier, film, video and sound. Recently completed works have been shown at the Utah Short Film and Video Festival in Salt Lake City and at Curtas Marengas in Vila de Conde, Portugal. Over the last decade his work has been seen at venues in Dublin, Lusanne, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Kassel, Cologne, Augsburg, London, New York, Moscow, Berlin.